Did any of the 66 Barracuda's come with a 318?

I was decoding my VIN on my 66 Barracuda and according to the VIN my car came with a 318. The fifth digit in the VIN is a D. I thought the biggest engine you could get was a 273. Anybody have any information on this? I don't have any information on the car as far as the original engine, the car has a 408 stroker in it now.

No 1st gen barracuda's came with a 318, which would have been the Poly at that time. The 273 was the first of the new "light" casting Chrysler engines during the 1964 model year, which are the LA engine. The LA318 was introduced for the 1967 model year, but didn't replace the 273 until the following model year, 1968 1966=Fender tag for the 273 2bbl(31), 273 commando (32)

No 1st gen barracuda's came with a 318, which would have been the Poly at that time. The 273 was the first of the new "light" casting Chrysler engines during the 1964 model year, which are the LA engine. The LA318 was introduced for the 1967 model year, but didn't replace the 273 until the following model year, 1968 1966=VIN for the 273 2bbl(31), 273 commando (32)

No 1st gen barracuda's came with a 318, which would have been the Poly at that time. The 273 was the first of the new "light" casting Chrysler engines during the 1964 model year, which are the LA engine. The LA318 was introduced for the 1967 model year, but didn't replace the 273 until the following model year, 1968 1966=VIN for the 273 2bbl(31), 273 commando (32)

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Actually, you could still get the 273 though the '69 model year...they just had hydraulic lifters '68-'69 instead of solids ('64-'67).

I was decoding my VIN on my 66 Barracuda and according to the VIN my car came with a 318. The fifth digit in the VIN is a D. I thought the biggest engine you could get was a 273. Anybody have any information on this? I don't have any information on the car as far as the original engine, the car has a 408 stroker in it now.

I was decoding my VIN on my 66 Barracuda and according to the VIN my car came with a 318. The fifth digit in the VIN is a D. I thought the biggest engine you could get was a 273. Anybody have any information on this? I don't have any information on the car as far as the original engine, the car has a 408 stroker in it now.

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The fifth digit being a D is a 273. No 318's were ever used in 64-66 Barracuda's. 67 was the first year for a 318 LA

Ok, here we go. In 66, if you got the 235 hp 273 4 bbl, it would be on the fender tag under the “ab” as “32”, but in the VIN, the 5th character only identified the engine size. In this case the “D” designates the 273, not which HP the 273 was, that was on the fender tag.